Michael Nielsen describes a form of crowdsourcing: the famous game of Gary Kasparov played against “the world”, approximately 50.000 individuals, coordinated in a simple but effective structure. —- In 1999, world chess champion Garry Kasparov, widely acknowledged as the greatest player in the history of the game, agreed to participate in a chess... - http://hennis.tumblr.com/post...
"Science 2.0: Great New Tool, or Great Risk? Wikis, blogs and other collaborative web technologies could usher in a new era of science. Or not."
- Thieme Hennis